The Petaling Declaration reaffirms that DAP is to achieve its objective of creating a democratic socialist Malaysian Malaysia through peaceful, democratic and constitutional struggle.
The Petaling Declaration also reaffirms the call to abolish the quota system, and calls on the Government to seriously deal with the problems of rural poverty, land ownership, manpower training and provision of basic infrastructure, so as to eradicate class polarisation.
The Petaling Declaration makes many suggestions on how to build a clean, efficient and caring government. The concrete measures to combat corruption and to promote democratisation are still valued as the guiding principles of our struggle.